Electric shade-holder.



N. S. RICHMOND & R. W. PAIN.

ELECTRIC SHADE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3,1914.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

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Application filcd June 3, 1914. I Serial No. 842,609.

To all whom it may concern Be it, known that we, NORMAN S. RIGH- MONDand ROBERT W. am, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, inthe county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Electric Shade-l-lolders, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in electric shade holders and hasfor its object to provide a new and. improved device of thisdescription.

The invention is illustrated in the accolapanying drawings, wherein--Figure l is a view in part section show ing the one form of holder inposition on the lamp socket; Fig. 2 is a plan. view of the shade holderillustrated in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a view of the shade holder illustratedin Fig. 2 as seen from beneath; Fig. 4: is a view of one of the socketengaging parts of the shade holder.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several figures.

In the construction illustrated, the shade holder is made up of theupper part 1, which is in the form of an annulus and which surrounds thelower end of the lamp socket 2 when the shade is in position. This upperpart is connected by connecting pieces 3 with the shade holding part 4:.The shade holding part a is provided with the socket engaging pieces 5,which are pret erably integral therewith and constitute spring fingersand are downwardly bent as illustrated. The ends of these socketengaging pieces 5 engage the upper face of a projection 6 on the socket.The socket engaging pieces 5 are preferably curved at the ends wherethey engage the socket so as to conform with the contour of the socket.The shade 7 may be attached to theshade holding part 4 in any desiredmanner as by, means of the screws 8. The socket engaging pieces 5 andthe pieces 3 are preferably provided with ribs 9 which give them greaterrigidity. In placing the shade holder in position it is only necessaryto push it over the lower end of the socket whereupon the engaging parts5 spring out to permit them to pass the projection 6 on the socket andthen spring back toward the socket and engage the upper face of saidprojection, thus holding the shade holder in position. The part 1 of theshade holder preferably engages an enlarged portion 10 of the socket andthe shade holder is there fore received between the enlarged portion 10and the projection 6 and fits between said parts and is held betweenthem against longitudinal movement but is free to rotate on the lampsocket so that the shade may be moved about the socket to secure anydesired adjustment. It will be seen that the shade holder is thereforeheld against tipping or otherwise taking a position which is notsymmetrical with the socket, and it will further be seen that all shadeholders on a series of sockets will always take the same relativeposition with relation to their respective sockets. 'It will further beseen that the shade holder is placed in position quickly, it only beingnecessary to give it and the socket a relative movement, and that thereare no screws or other fastening devices required to hold the shadeholder in position. When it is desired to remove the said holder, it isonly necessaryto place a screw-driver or other rigid piece between oneof the parts 5 and the socket and pry said part outwardly, whereupon thelamp shade holder can be easily pulled from the socket.

In assembling the devices the shades may be attached to the shadeholders before the shade holders are connected with the sock ets. Theshade holding part 4, the socket engaging parts 5 and the connectingparts 3 are preferably stamped from one piece of material.

It will be noted that in this construction there is a cylindrical partinto which the end of the shade is received, there being connectedtherewith means for engaging the shade and also a series of separatedprojecting socket engaging parts projecting from the top of thecylindrical portion, the socket engaging parts having their free endsbent toward the lamp end of the socket.

These socket engaging parts are spring parts and slide past theprojection 6 and then snap in so that the ends thereof engage theprojection. These bent ends are below the upper end of the shade andhave their attachment to the cylindrical part 4 at a considerabledistance from the socket.

It will therefore be seen that any pressure than the length of thesocket engaging parts.

. Copies of this patent may be obtained for It will further be seen thatthe projections 3 project from thecylinder ina direction opposite tothat of the parts 5, and that the upper end f the shade and the'upperend, of the cylindrical part 4: are, intermediate the projection 6 andthe enlarged por tion 10 on the socket,

e claim:

1. A shade holder for electric lamp sockets, comprising a cylindricalportion into which the end of the shade projects,shade V engaging meansconnected therewith, a series of separated inwardly projecting socketengaging parts pro ectlng from said cylindrical portion and having theirfree ends ets, comprising a cylindrical portion into which the end ofthe shade projects, shade engaging means connected therewith, a S8- riesof separated inwardlyprojecting socket engaging parts projecting fromsaid cylin drical portionand'having their free ends bent toward the lampend of the socket, said socket engaging parts adapted to slide past andengage a projection on the socket when the shade holder is placed inposition, and a second seriesof separated inwardly projecting parts bentin an opposite direction to the said socket engaging parts, and anannulus to which said second series of projecting parts are connected,the upper end of said cylindrical portion being intermediate the ends ofsaid socket engaging parts and said second series of separated inwardlyprojecting parts.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 28th day of May, 1914.

NORMAN S. RICHMOND. ROBERT W. PAIN. Witnesses:

L. M. EISZNER, GENEVA HIRTH.

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